Sophisticated Cissy Riddim – Josie, Upsetter, Panther

Sophisticated Cissy produced by Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn, Lee Scratch Perry for Josie, Upsetter, Panther in 1969

1969’s Sophisticated Cissy Riddim comes out of the Josie, Upsetter, and Panther connection, with Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn, and Lee Scratch Perry all tied to the production. The four-track set pulls in I-Roy’s Doctor Who alongside The Meters’ original Sophisticated Cissy and The Upsetters’ Medical Operation and Take One, which gives the release a nice mix of New Orleans funk and early dub-era reggae energy. It’s a short, focused archive piece, and the presence of Perry alongside Toussaint and Sehorn makes it a neat cross-current snapshot from the late 1960s.

Sophisticated Cissy Riddim Tracklist:

1. I-Roy – Doctor Who (1971)
2. The Meters – Sophisticated Cissy (1968)
3. The Upsetters – Medical Operation (1969)
4. The Upsetters – Take One (1969)

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